by Project Coyote | Dec 20, 2018 | Media Release, Media Release Archive 2018
YAVAPAI COUNTY, Ariz. — The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously yesterday in favor of a proclamation that opposes wildlife killing contests. Arizona citizens belonging to a coalition known as I AM WOLF NATION in partnership with Project Coyote and other wildlife and animal protection organizations have been working to end wildlife killing contests in Yavapai County and other Arizona localities. Yavapai County’s proclamation follows on the heels of a similar Dewey-Humboldt Town Council resolution that passed in November.
by Project Coyote | Dec 12, 2018 | Media Release, Media Release Archive 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today more than 50 North American scientists and more than 30 wildlife and animal protection organizations that are part of the National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests (“Coalition”) are calling on state and local officials to reject the United States Predator Challenge (“USPC”), a barbaric competition that will award prizes for killing the most coyotes in three regional contests over the next few months.
by Project Coyote | Nov 26, 2018 | Media Release, Media Release Archive 2018
DEWEY-HUMBOLDT, Ariz. — At the urging of Arizona citizens and local, state and national wildlife and animal protection organizations, the Dewey-Humboldt Town Council voted 4 to 2 last week in favor of a resolution that opposes wildlife killing contests. In these cruel events, participants compete for fun and prizes by killing the greatest number or the heaviest of the target species.
by Project Coyote | Nov 25, 2018 | Media Release, Media Release Archive 2018
TORRANCE, Calif. — The Torrance City Council will revisit the City’s Urban Coyote Management Plan at a meeting tonight. Project Coyote and a large contingent of wildlife advocates will be present to request that the City Council oppose the indiscriminate killing of coyotes and support moving forward with a humane, nonlethal coyote management program.
by Project Coyote | Nov 13, 2018 | Media Release, Media Release Archive 2018
BURNS, Ore. — State and national conservation and animal welfare organizations have sent a letter to the Oregon Farm Bureau requesting cancellation of the upcoming Young Farmers & Ranchers (YFR) 1st Annual Coyote Hunting Tournament in Burns, and asking for support of a statewide ban on wildlife killing contests in Oregon. The letter was sent in advance of the YFR Leadership Conference that took place last weekend in Redmond.
by Project Coyote | Aug 21, 2018 | Media Release, Media Release Archive 2018
YREKA, Calif. — Responding to legal pressure from a coalition of animal-protection and conservation groups, Siskiyou County officials have announced the suspension of its contract with the notorious federal wildlife-killing program known as Wildlife Services, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The program has killed more than 28,000 animals in the county over the past decade.
